Analyze the effects of organ donation policies. Research Paper

Introduction
This paper examines the current policy regarding organ donation in the United States. We will cover the following aspects: the chronologic comparisons of history, policies, demand, and controversy. There is no question that being able to harvest a healthy organ can save a life. Equally, so is the difficult and delicate nature surrounding this subject. There has been ongoing debate since the first official law was passed in 1968 as the Uniform Anatomical Gift Act (UAGA) (Anderson et al. 1988) and since that time has had subsequent revisions in 1987 and most recently 2006/2007.  Every state has some form of the UAGA with differences in regulation, permission, and procurement. The debates have surrounded the rights of those who choose to donate, who is able to accept donation, and how those donations are received. 
1968 UAGA
While the U.S. was close to finalizing the law that would eventually become the UAGA, Dr. Christiaan Bernard in Cape Town, South Africa made history with the first ever heart transplant surgery. However, what needed to be established before the UAGA was passed was to answer the following ethical questions: “Who had the right to make a donation? By what means? By what criteria should a person be declared dead? How to avoid conflicts of interest between the rights of a donor and of a recipient? Did society have the right to override the rights of an 
individual and  family to save another patient’s life?” (Sadler et al. p. 1).
While this operation by Dr. Bernard was not performed in the United States, it set forth a precedent and following this breakthrough in medicine (Sadler et al. ) heart transplants began to be performed from the U.S. and worldwide.  “Suddenly, the possibility of using organs of the deceased for life-saving therapy was front-page news (Sadler, et al, p.2). 
UAGA Revised 1987 + 2006
It was 19 years later that the original version of the UAGA started to reveal shortcomings. Hence the revision in 1987. The intent was to change some of the problems in 1968, such as:  “for omitting any reference to the disposition and use of unclaimed bodies, the entire subject of commerce or payment for body tissue, and the allocation of donated tissues or organs in the event that the demand for them is greater than the supply thereof” (Dalley et al., 1993, p. 251). In addition further criticism involved who can direct the use of a dead body which allowed the government to override individuals and relatives wishes to donate. Even though public attitudes were favorable towards the UAGA,  donations fell far short of demand. The following provisions were added in 1987: 
1 Simplify donations by documents
2 Honor the donors intentions
3 Measures be takens to determine whether a gift is intended
4 Encourages in the absence of contrary indication, the harvesting of multiple organs
5 Prohibits the sale or purchase of parts for transplantation or therapy (Dalley, et. al., 1993, p.252)
 
2006 
The need to create yet another iteration as advances in medical care (/pubmed/?term=Verheijde%20JL%5BAuthor%5D&cauthor=true&cauthor_uid=17850664) created new dilemmas, since now we have...